RoPS --- Roger's PostScript

The RoPS interpreter is an implementation of the level 1 PostScript
programming language interpreter described in Adobe Systems' book, the
'PostScript language reference manual'.  RoPS is not an Adobe approved
product.  The name 'PostScript' is a registered trademark of Adobe
Systems Incorporated.

RoPS runs Under Microsoft Windows (3.1, 3.11, NT, Windows-95).  Both
16 and 32-bit versions are available.  You will need to install
Microsoft's win32s system to run the 32-bit version of the program
under 3.1x.  RoPS requires at least 4Mb of memory to function
efficiently.

Features:

  + full Level 1 implementation
  + uses TrueType fonts
  + understands PostScript document structuring conventions:
    can randomly access any page of a conforming document.
  + handles colour (palette displays only)
  + anti-aliases text
  + can transfer PostScript documents to clipboard as graphics or text

RoPS is not free.  Users are encouraged to register with the author
at a cost of 20 UKP (30 USD)

To install RoPS on your Windows PC, unpack the rops.zip program into a
temporary directory, change to that directory and run the 'setup'
program.  You should then run the 'fontscan' program before running
RoPS for the first time.

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Version 4.2 fixes a problem with certain fonts that made the output
look like a faulty fax machine.  A bug that prevented printing under
Win95 has been fixed.  Documents up to 1000 pages are supported.

Version 4.1 fixed a number of problems experienced with earlier releases
and in particular: long file names are handled properly; a 'fontscan'
program has been added to create PostScript -> TrueType mappings
automatically; Latin1Encoding has been added.

Roger Willcocks
rkww@centprod.demon.co.uk